Airbus announced today that it has signed an agreement with Dynamatic Technologies Ltd for procuring flap-track beams for A330 aircraft.
The agreement is the largest manufacturing contract between Airbus and a private sector company in India and elevates Dynamatic to a global tier-1 supplier.
Dynamatic has manufactured flap-track beam assemblies for Airbus’ single-aisle A320 Family on a global single source basis as a Tier-2 supplier, since 2010.
As per the agreement, in phase one Dynamatic will assemble all the Flap Track Beams from its Bengaluru facility. In the second phase, Dynamatic will be responsible for the entire supply chain for the Flap Track including sourcing materials, manufacturing and final assembly. With this new business award Dynamatic will be established as a centre of excellence for the production of flap-track beams.
“Dynamatic with its partnership with Airbus, who have invested in development, training, tooling and quality systems. It will help us to establish manufacturing capabilities in India, which is in consonance with the ‘Make in India’ program, ” said Udayant Malhoutra, CEO and Managing Director, Dynamatic Technologies Limited.
“Airbus industrial partnerships in India span across Engineering, Manufacturing, R&T and Services. Through these partnerships, we can proudly claim that there’s a bit of ‘Made in India’ in all our aircraft programs,” said Dr Srinivasan Dwarakanath, Managing Director of Airbus India.